It was cold up on the hill that night once the sun had gone down and the inky black night shone with a thousand stars, as the night sounds of the veld... echoed around them.Wrapped up in his blanket, David heard the guard changing as he drifted off to sleep.He was sipping his coffee the next morning when Rham reported the lookouts had seen several figures standing on the rim of the gorge.“So the boats must still be in the gorge, David mused. “They will be anxious to prevent a reoccurrence of. “Oi, we run the state, and don’t you forget it!” I shouted back as we quickly left the pub. Alison and I walked up the street in the drizzle towards my apartment. I finally got the courage to ask her about her hasty departure from my school. She answered that her parents wanted her to go to a private school all along, but it was a bit too expensive for her family; the moment her father got a job promotion and pay rise they enrolled her, and she moved the next term. She only told a few friends. Taking the top off revealed beautiful C cup breasts in a sexy bra, which she removed and her beautiful tits were on display. “They are beautiful,” I said and she smiled and pulled her pants down and placed them beside her on a chair. Her panties followed and I discovered a beautiful bald pussy with a pretty clit peeking out at me. She asked, “You like?” My mouth was dry as I told her, “Oh yes I like! A lot!”. “Good,” she smiled. I rolled over and she commenced the massage. She oiled my back and. Wait and hope.” She closed the book. ‘Wait and hope for God to reveal the future... ‘, she thought to herself. In the book, a man, who was unjustly imprisoned, escapes to discover an immense treasure. Barbara noticed how she herself was a prisoner: of poverty, of Glenn, of the constant threat of being condemned to the streets. ‘But there’s no Cardinal Spada’s treasures for me’, she sadly remarked to herself, ‘I can’t even afford groceries. I’ll need to stop by the food pantry at St Michael’s.